Airline finds owl napping in a plane engine during pre-flight checks

A team of engineers rescued the owl before releasing it into the wild.

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A Virgin Atlantic plane

An airline crew received a shock when it found an owl sleeping inside a plane engine as they were performing pre-flight checks.

The team at Virgin Australia found the napping bird as the plane was being checked at Melbourne Airport.

The airline posted photos to Twitter of the owl hidden in the engine after they found it, saying: “This owl didn’t give a hoot where it napped!”

This owl didn’t give a hoot where it napped! The cute little guy was found during our pre-flight checks. Our team of engineers rescued it & was assessed before being safely released back into the wild. Where’s the strangest place you’ve woken up? #HootHootpic.twitter.com/1NEx9usRfu